"Venom" wrote in message
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Depending on the stores, some have the gear to reseal the boxes so you
think
you are getting brand new stock. Some don't bother because you get your
warranty anyhow. Then we have the stores that have a couple of techs out
the
back and when you take a suspect CPU in for warranty they will take the
matching board out of a new box for testing purposes and when finished
they
will pop it back in the box and put it back on the shelf to be sold. It
also
depends what country you are in as to if you have a thorough Customs
service
or not.
Bottom line is who gives a rats arse if the box is open or not? Being
sealed
proves nothing simply because you have no idea just who sealed it.




Thoroughness has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a Customs
Service decides to inspect an individual box.

Customs examinations are mostly based on intelligence. A container of
motherboards or other merchandise from an established vendor is not going to
be inspected. A sample might be taken from the container to determine
whether or not the sample is as described for duty purposes. But it is
certainly not the case that Customs opens every single item that enters a
Customs territory.

More likely, a box is unsealed because it was a return

--
Nigel Brooks